Análise acerca da eficácia das políticas públicas no enfrentamento à utilização de crianças e adolescentes no tráfico de drogas.

Abstract

Childhood and adolescence are stages of personality formation and socio­cultural constructs, in which the Federal Constitution guarantees fundamental rights and prohibited practices that hinder the full development of these subjects, such as child labor, which is discussed in Brazilian laws and considered prohibited when interfere in the development of minors, in their education, leisure and social participation. Drug trafficking is one of the forms of child labor exploitation where children and adolescents illegally engage in illegal and harmful activities for their training, physical, psychological and moral, thus being a social and public policy concern aimed at protecting minors . These public policies appear as initiatives to confront, prevent and reduce the access of minors to the universe of drugs. Considering the problem of work to investigate whether Brazilian public policies are sufficiently effective in tackling the use of children and adolescents in illegal work for drug trafficking, this study aimed to understand the effectiveness of public policies in tackling the insertion of children and adolescents in illicit work at the service of drug trafficking, and for that purpose, the concepts of childhood and adolescence in society were analyzed, discussing how drug trafficking uses children and adolescents in the illicit drug trade and what are the contributions of public policies in the fight against the use of minors at work for drug trafficking. justifying itself in the social, academic and professional relevance of the debate on the theme.The methodological path included a literature review that used the empirical inductive method, seeking to compose detailed information to broaden the understanding of the content being investigated. The research obtained results favorable to its objectives, pointing out the effectiveness of public policies in the face of the problem of the insertion of children and adolescents in child labor in the service of drug trafficking. This reduces the exposure of these subjects to violence, crime and offenses, avoiding the application of socio educational measures and allowing the subject to develop fully and healthy. Public policies such as SISNAD, UNICEF and PROERD act in the awareness, protection and education of children and adolescents, clarifying the damage and consequences of drug use and involvement with drug trafficking, leading these subjects along itineraries in accordance with the country's governing laws.